apache-maven-dependency-plugin-3.1.0.markdown

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layout: post
title: "Apache Maven Dependency Plugin Version 3.1.0 Released"
date: '2018-04-06T16:36:22+00:00'
permalink: apache-maven-dependency-plugin-3-1-0
categories:
  - Maven-Dependency-Plugin
  - Maven-Plugin-Releases
---
The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the
[Apache Maven Dependency Plugin, version 3.1.0](https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/).

The dependency plugin provides the capability to manipulate artifacts. It
can copy and/or unpack artifacts from local or remote repositories to a
specified location.

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

```xml
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
``` 

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/download.cgi


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[Release Notes - Maven Dependency Plugin - Version 3.1.0](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317227&version=12341595)


Bugs:

* [MDEP-559](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-559) - Java 9 bytecode cannot be parsed
* [MDEP-603](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-603) - dependency:analyze fails on JDK 9 / JDK 10

Improvement:

* [MDEP-605](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-605) - Add documentation information for GitHub

Dependency upgrades:

* [MDEP-584](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-584) - Upgrade plexus-utils to version 3.1.0
* [MDEP-585](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-585) - Upgrade plexus-archiver to 3.5.
* [MDEP-599](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-599) - Upgrade parent to 31

Many thanks to all reporters/contributors/testers of this release.

Reporters:

* MDEP-559: Ben Alex

Testers:

* Mark Raynsford

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team